Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, Pat Cipollone, spent roughly seven hours giving closed-door testimony before the House committee investigating last year’s insurrection at the Capitol.
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, Pat Cipollone, spent roughly seven hours Friday giving closed-door testimony before the House committee investigating last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Cipollone arrived before 10 a.m. and left at 5:15 p.m., taking periodic breaks. He departed through a garage without making any statement. His lawyers declined to comment.Lofgren said “there were complications” regarding assertions of attorney-client privilege between him and Trump, but “I can’t go into it more than that.”The committee wanted Cipollone’s firsthand account about a range of activities involving the former president and his inner circle before and during the Jan.
Cipollone had previously taken part in an informal private interview by the panel, but declined to go on the record or even discuss some topics based on claims of executive or attorney-client privilege.
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